[OSM-talk] Russians at it again

[John Smith]

On 7 May 2010 17:01, Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Granted, this is _photograhing inside a military zone_, and not looking
> from a public road to a military zone, but the legality of it all depends
> on the law of the country.

No one is encouraging or saying you should map anything if it is
against the law, however if we map from sat imagery in a country that
isn't Russia you may not be breaking any law since the database isn't
hosted in Russia.

However your earlier comments were more on topic:

> I agree completely with Patrick on this. OSM is a free map and nobody can
> forcefully regulate what is added and what is not. Also, removal of correct
> data is vandalism, so any attempt of any person of institution to remove
> correct data has to be qualified as such.